The McCarty Era: Four Decades Of Leadership
From "Hurricane" Hannah to "Hurricane" Hayes, Keith McCarty's Yamaha career was a whirlwind bookended by legendary racers. Photo by Brian J. Nelson. On December 31, 2020, it will be the…
From "Hurricane" Hannah to "Hurricane" Hayes, Keith McCarty's Yamaha career was a whirlwind bookended by legendary racers. Photo by Brian J. Nelson. On December 31, 2020, it will be the…
Jason DiSalvo (40) on the Supersport pole at Daytona, alongside Kawasaki teammates and Hayden brothers Tommy (22) and Roger (95), with DiSalvo's Yamaha teammate Aaron Gobert (96) completing the front…
Don't the MotoAmerica riders use such awesome wrapping paper? Proof that it's not just the thought that counts. Last year’s Superbike Riders’ Holiday Gift Exchange was such a big hit…
2002 AMA Supersport Champion and Blimpie Yoshimura Suzuki team rider Aaron Yates leads Miguel Duhamel, Jamie Hacking, Tommy Hayden, Tony Meiring, Damon Buckmaster, and Anthony Gobert. Photo by Brian J.…
Escalante's middleweight mauler brought Kawasaki its first Supersport Championship since Leandro Mercado in 2009. Photo by Brian J. Nelson. First introduced in this iteration back in 2013, the Kawasaki ZX-6R…
Cycle News chronicled Scott Russell's amazing victory in the 70th Annual Loudon Classic. Cycle News Archives. In early 1993, I had been asked by Gary Bahre, then-owner of New Hampshire…
What will the Superbike field look like in 2021? Photo by Brian J. Nelson. It’s been five weeks since the 2020 MotoAmerica season concluded at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, and…
MotoAmerica's flyboys Lillegard (second from left), Apgar (third from right), and Madama (far right). Photo by Noah Racheta of Epic Paramotor. Motorcycle road racers are daredevils by design. The straight-line…
Finishing first and second in the 2020 MotoAmerica Superbike Championship, these two Yamaha YZF-R1 motorcycles are quite a pair. Photo by Brian J. Nelson. It takes a discerning eye to…
When you show up at a test and your bike has the black fairing, you know you're on the good stuff. Garrett Gerloff had the good stuff at the Jerez…
1992 was the only year that Roberts Junior competed in AMA road racing. The American Motorcyclist Association has produced a total of seven 500cc Grand Prix/MotoGP World Champions, including Kenny…
The Roland Sands Design Indian Challenger poses on the front straight at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. Photo by Brian J. Nelson. A fully loaded, bone-stock 2021 Indian Challenger tips the…
Sands leads at Pikes Peak in 1999 aboard his #1 Performance Machine Yamaha TZ250 over Chuck Sorensen (90), Randy Renfrow (2), Quenni King (333), and Jeff Vos (7). Sands won…
Feuling Parts helped fuel the excitement for the King of the Baggers. Photo by Brian J. Nelson. Piloted by Ben Bostrom, the Feuling Harley-Davidson Road Glide ran strong through the…